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'1THEDAILY INDEPENDENT: HELENA, MONDAY MORN INC., DECEMBER 30,1889.THEINDEPENDENTn.iaisoi si mm liii rioN.Daily(im lmiin. 8nn^1^^ |^T ^i^ar*|xllinlithft...titroHnmuthftperyeari't niuuili.DailiDull^Dai'^Dai1Daily.I-.- tarrier. 1-1 v-ek 7 e^VSV'-Klj tin mivaiii e nil J j) i'i jw....Iiarli.li^(inilai.IniiiiinIfi1M^'i 'a^* no'A~a2uuMM n ((iiorniii^ilulv elected,^l*i-nns rcrtiliej^to the two Iioiim-..Ithe^but ittolinve Ix-en^Were Um RemittWOLOUKCHijnortiniof^elect tt^to holdiiih.i' hi;^^^^- at the rUk ^f mlwcriber oulf*a^e^1- by nxi'ternd tatter. ^ ti^ k nr i ^ jiI or ex-^tnt* ^Tiler |*f^ljlo to Thf Independent I'aliiieh-^i i.t- Company.nri'iirmMdmtriria Tbi IHOTMH wttM^at their L'^!i:i^- nr pUre*. uf baiuncM rau order li^^(natal i^nl or thrunati telepln.no No. luu. 1'taate^report rum ^f Irretfal.r delivery promptly.Advertieement..to Ineure prompt inwrtien,^thonl I be handed in BaBM I p. tn.RejectedMMMMMUM not returned unlet.BOetwif iLrluMLHELENA.MONT., DEC. i^, !HVt.Till.11 l^.Ml ST Ol Till. BKNA1 i .Wehtvt |tNMMted Um riow tahen by^Um mqpmgMMnilyol Um ait nation of^affairs gum In out ^f Um laflurpotkM of^the BMVMtns board 'if Silver Bow^county in attoMpting to t brow out \^m^i-ini't III. which tOBliItod in iMVgnrtUng^rival bouoMot tlie Legialative, AsBombl).^White W vill ilwsya remain i uyilMj to^Um bIbi tow al WtwttaWi how it mm UMtnunin Una iftOtMM MR BOMght to Imbmwhm4Oafcti ImmmIoI ^Motodi^^eoofdion1 to tim limn. iMistoinn. inn!BJBJNMOfUmroil tit ry, t brv lire iiiimouhIv^BWBltiag tim NMtH of BOOR a pojfofM^uti'T. hikI lookup hfwtfd to Mil ^djuat-luotitof tlif nlTu i r upon | jw-t HD'I iHJatl^bu.sitt. Taking. however, tlm e.1 :ituh of^UtfMJi Bt^ it now frvihlg, they arc^naturally U'il to iBajain^, Hi t. Wlcit will^lie tlu^ iirolmlile action o! t o I intc^l^HtalM Unit* BOOB Um ailiin-sion of^MaMW elect! il bv cither boil)clu'ininnto ba ihe legally wgiaiiM il Houm olRaMJlMMBteUVMf ami, m' onil. W hat i^^1 lie true MgaJ (UltlMof allairn UMMf tli^^tppliosbls tot ba Mt uut ion .' ITpM^the ft mint pnpOtiUoBi ^ lnle W are i.ot^t ntirely without BfM client. MM] the^^jHMHM may to wiiiiii exU'nt bt a MBttef^of n|k-oulat ion. the latter it mMMptiMa^of ^s rritaio a (-olution an any toiithe-lltoll |^rO|K.HltlOll.Tailingtin s.- |iro|xiHitioiiB in their or^iler. anil MMfiMj 111 mmil that lalDOnliag^to t'Htahlli-heil DfOOadMlM ^The i lei't ion^of a senator in DOHJIMi in not in ti e^nntur^^ of M OfiiMtr) IsgMllUva ai t^^tliBt^itinau eleetii'ii UxJ not thf^cn^aetnuilil of u la ^'.^ ami that ^uf the mi^liihty ami l^onu litleH of nueh an eltv tion^thownate of the I'nileil Stati n is the^hole ami ^^\elusi\^ jml^'en.^ it would at^oni'o ho BOWOmM that a ImhIv liaM the^I'nited Sttit^^H wnatt* woultl invest iojlta i^fully tho merits of the eoiitnoerby. In^other WOfdl the authority to examine^into the ^|^ i^ f' ion lis to w ho was act unityI'lerte.lllielllliers of the house, ^le\ohc'lii|on it a ^ orres|Hinilini: tluty to m-e that | H(a|,, ennvasi^thecreat priiinploH of our government^involving the Hiverei^'nty of the paopitbai]purit/ of Um btllol bhbcb vindicBteO^anil prPHcrve*!. Without farther ouu^ment ti|Kit) this |MBUm WS ^|Uoto fit^lnrRo from section oil!, McCrnry of eh i^lions, and the re|^irt of Senator Carpen^ter, of|\VisconHin. which was adopted hy^lb* UbHoJ States Hcnatc in Um forty^third cont;reni, lirst BeHHioii report J'.il.^.McCrnry section .^^!^^, says:luMHtnnrlius si BBtatl ot llie I mil d Stuti s^ere rhosi'ii in i iieli state hy the h ei- l iture^BBMBOftM ^ MBOiIbbI Um4UM mnute iiiit\^soiiii tiiui s tliul it iieresHMy to iin|uiie :ind^di termini wlivthei a hmly BMaMiWfl lobe^UmIb|MBMM ^t 'i shile is in fnct ^.uch.^If two luslies Ipw- orirnr.i/ed, i nch chiim-^liiU to be the h'^islnluie. ami HMh BBtl^electid ft MMABTi ^f BBOtOJ the sriiate, in i^oidiT to drciile hi Ibjbm t BMW, RMBl *di|BlH^and determine whieli whs the Ififllll.tniT^Sin h a ease nrosp in Svke. \h. hpi ucer, in^I he * nale of I lie I mil d Sutes, foil v-tlmd .^eouuriHs, lirst kcsnioii. rc|iort nututu r Wi)t^And in deterinimni; tlmi cme 'he senate of^the l nid d States laid donu h rule uliu-li^may at lirsl appear to hi , Imt wlneh is not^tu realitv, in eonllii't with the ioaMaM we^have been considering iu the prefeod^inn sietioii. of tin* chapter. The'Svkis'elet't ion to Ik-valid, it would follow^IkBtl rrmitouH certificates, delivered to men^cone( d^d not to lx: elected, had enabled^persons who la fact BJBjJM not to vote for a^s( nut'r to i hi t a senator to misrepresent^tin.- state for mi years. On tin- other hand,^if we treat the court house legislature ^^^tl.' lafBj leoishiture of the state, it ill con^^ceded that ^i (jive effect to the will of the^|nopli as evidenced by the election. 8o^Jtli.it. to state the proposition in other^words, we are called utsm to choose be-^! t wi en tl.( form . U'l the sulistaiice, tl.^ fiction^I and the fact; and, MMMftrfBjg the import-^ance of the election a senator, in the opin-Hillof V.;ir iMIIllli'Mee tlje -i-lei'e Would HotbejtiMtilied in BMtfMiH MM Will of the^|*ople, as expressed by the ballot box, on:^ol deferent', to certificates issued errou-^couilv to BBHBM who were not elected.Inthe m illion of your committee it is not^BOBalBtaajl for the BMOj to inquire ss to^the rixht of uidividui.l membeis to sit in a^lagMUtaUB which is BOM di d to have a^ipioriiiu in ho'h honses of leoallv ehs'ted^BMBJabaMa lint. niHloi li'edly, UM senate^must alwiv^ inipiin wliither the bisly^which pi' te'iil' d to i !^ ct a senator was the^legislature ot the slat' or not; because a^seiiator can onlv ha BMBBMl bf tin legisla^^ture ol a -t ite. In tins ca-e. Spencer hs\-^niK been -s ated by the si nate. and bahBJprimafaait wHIIad to hold the seat, thesenatecannot oils! him wit lent ReBBB into^an impiity in *B|Bf4 to the lifM of the^individual |s i MM vv lio elauu to BM llHall^the quorum in thesi r. s|n ctive bodies at^the court house and I he stub House. W, en^not oust K|iem'er from bis seat without^baqmlrMH ami deti rniininu tint theeii/ht^or nine individuals, who wen elected were^not entitled to sit inthe bfUatSN of the^state, because they l.uked the eertith ates.^Hut it tin senate can impure into this^ipi 'stion at all. it must certainly impure for^'lie fait r ither than (he evidence of thefset,^It BBMMl be nuiintHimd that when the^'.^ BBlt has In en BaaapaUad to i nter HBO^such an ex iniiiiation it is BMBMpBd by mere^BffMM fai n evidence of the fact, and theciiiiicitilaaaaaadadta be boUxMh morethanprima facie evidence. Hut thnutBMI | ' Bad ol that to the fact itself and^ili terininc whether the persons claiming to^hold eats Wfie in |M ehctnl. When wt^do t Ills, vv i'oiiic to the conceded fact that^these pi rsons l.iokiny the certilicate had in^l iei In i u elected, ami that the (nosomi who^claimed to Ia ipioruui of the two honses^were iu fac the (a rsons who, in virtue of^t lie i lei'I um, wen ent it Ii d to const it ute t he^quorum ot Imth houses.AMttMiBaj,therefoic, for the hare sake^of arL'iimeiit. that tho OOftifiCBtaBglw^by the state BUTBBBiBjg btMfd tn tho live^BMMbafl of the rump BOWJBBi the tiran^ite Idis k, were MaflaJajU to ent itle them^to seats for the purpose of OfgBlliialilBI.^ami that the l ie iiii'iuherH at the court,^house hotibu of ri'|^rcseiitutives w ithout^cert ilii ates, to ho declared hy a courl of^BBMpatMl j'lrisdiction to he cut itled to^the cert iticutoa and yon Imvo parallel^casKs to the one just citisl. Indeed a^much st fonder ease is here proscntcil b}^I the court house hoiiscof leprcsentativcs,^I for that in addition to Um ItBODfBiUoB^thereof by the |WVBfMf ^f the state, the^I im nihers without the ccrtilicate of the^board, in a direct proverygravamen of the question is in^^volved. The subjects of this government ^^have delegated nwny juut such inherent^powers a* are contained in tlm provisions^of our national constitution. I nder it^congress bus the exclusive authority to^dispose of the public domain, and make^all needful rules and regulations for the^government of th* territories. And so^it is. in the passage ^f t he ordinance,^there were no todapaMMOt legishitive^functions belonging to the territory on^aei oiint of which the convention could^bjubm to act under any wc ereigu power^of the people.Thepow er of congrofcs to''h legnte'legis^^lative authority to the legislative ass. iii^hliea of the territories has too long been^re ogrK/ed and exercised to be now an^often question. Hence tho source and^power of such legislation is vested in^congress and the territorial legislative^assemblies. Tho legislative functions^thus conferred continued to exist until^they were wiped out by the adoption of^tho constitution of the state under its^enabling act. h'rom thenceforward it^is vested in n senate BJkl house of repre^sentarives to l^e designated, ''The legis^^lative assembly of thestateof Montana.^^It is clear that nowhere else can be^found any such powers. The forumtion^'if the constitution, nnd its submission^to, and adoption by the people, w Inch^^^MM give it validity, were done under^an .ct of congress und by virtue of the^powers es|iecially conferred upon tho^''invention. The inherent power once^existing in the people being delegated to^BMbJMM under tho constitution, the con^^vent ion created for a particular purpose,^BQBBBBMd j*Mt such powers as were BS*^prcsslv granted and none were confern^by ianpUoaUoa except such as were nb-^solutclv necessary to the exercise of tho^of Um power granted. Had the^territory been an independent sover^eignty at the tiiiie of its admission, no^question of power in such case could^ari-e. It grows out of tho peculiar nnd^dependent relation of the territories to^tho national government. Xor can^this ordinance be justified upon^the grounds of necessity, vvhiel,^has hitherto been a favor^ite plea of the republican party.^It will bo shown that tho territorial^laws applicable to the election of mem-^liers of the legislative assembly were in^full force; that ample and complete pro^^visions are made for all that is con-^temphthsl by the ordinnn-c, and that^the BMMMWfl receiving the BOttMoBtM^of election of the clerks of the rosiss t ive^counties aro entitled to their seats for^tic, ptitpOM of organisation, hiuI that^tho rump hoiiBe is not only a rump^house in name but a rump baaMj bj^fact.Wocannot close without again ei-^pruBsing the belief that the Senate of^the United States, in so far as the elec^^tion of members to that distinguished^body is concerned, will adhere to its'^former precedents, rescue from the^i hands of tic dcspoiler the sai red rifhta^of tho ballot, and thereby vindicate thoC.B. JACQUEMIN.M.L. JACQUEMIIN.C.ZIMMER.couemin^ Co.Watches,Fine Jewelry. Silverware, Bric-a-BracCUTCRYSTAL AND BRONZES.COMPIICATEDWATCH REPAIRING, ARTISTIC DESIGNINGandEngraving,JEWELRYREPAIRED ANDNEWJEWELRY KANUFACTURED.RESETTINGOF JEWELS^A SPECIALTY.fOHlllHfto determine whether precinct flgW and condenin the wnmuNo31 should U' counted, obtained a^jiidnmenl of the court in their favor,^which in .ured their election and became^and is the law of the case until set aside^or reversed; and ns bet ween the parties to^that proceedings, i. e., the live membera^at the (irnnite block w ith cert itica'e-i f^the state can\iissinn bOBJBV and the I've^BJWaMBN at the court BOMB WiUwVl the^cert Irlcate. of the at ate canvassing board.^UM mutter cannot lie .|iiestioned oollat^crally. 'I bis lieinjr tho easo until the^right ^f the members at the court house^to the certiticatea held by tin1 ini'iiiU'ri^at the ^ i ran ite block, if of anv value, is in^some way impeached, they are the^legally elected members of the house of^reprc-ciitativei- of the stale of .Molilalia,^and cut it led to exercise the fund ioijs of^Htich oiiiee. Indeed it RTOUU bs dlficutl^to perceive how one MOJWM 80 ordinate^lirani h of the g^^\ i rnnicnt ^ ouhl bl BUM^mated by the judicial decision of anot her^coordinate branch was the question^properly presented in a direct proceed^lag for that BWpOBBiKnoiiKhhas boon said to show that,^BCCOfiling to principle and precedent, theHowevermuch we regret that l'^o^1^men and gOOBl representatives of the^republican party have been deceived by^daobjBMg m^ n and poliUoiBBB, in plncicir^, too BIBjch contldeiice in their rckless^statement of facts, we are not of t bOBB^who Islieve that the prim ijiles of justice^'and fa rness have llown from the chain^| liers of the American Senate nevermore^I to return; but rather indulge the^opinion that all things will bl righted at^the ptapBf time, mid that the persons^BMBMaJ senators in congress by the^Court house HoBJM of ltejirebontativcs.^recotini/ed by the chief evecutive of the^state, elected by the votes of the peoplo,^and organized according to law. w ill till^the positions to which tliey shall la'^elected.Mom'.\^ rimdiduteH for federal ollices. in^the absence of senators from this state, are^seeking aid from republican, of other^.tales. Carter is on their trail, however,^and it BOB*1 work.AGENTSFOR^THE CELEBRATEDGeo.Steck ^ Co,,^Mcliliii ^ Sons1,^Kranicb ^ Bach,^Hamiing Pianos^and Others.cutestbatWBOB tin two legislatures m this. Ix_ ,jL ,i^n, , ,, , , ,I Henators in congress elected bv the Ho'iPecasedepended upon this: in one bmlv \ve:e . .,,- ,, . .ofKepresentntives ^f .Montana having aImajority of the members act ually electedwilllie recognized by and admitted intotheSenate of the I'nited States, andthatthose elected by the Ixxly a portionofwhom hold the empty certificate)) ofthestate canvassing hoard, contrary tojthereturns of tho election, and uponIwhich depends ite organization, willhaveno aiuiiding there.Turningnow to tha MMMkl propo'sit'on.ho a do fro fad it I The niiestionsbanlegitimately involved may properlyIh considered under two heads.1st.Is the ordinance under which thestatecanvassing board assumed to issueoertiiicateaof election of any validityJnd.If 10,dOM it authori/e the boardtodeehire the result, issue certificates,eightor nine members who had received^lagBlaf certitlcites of election, but who^were conceded not to have lueii electnl.^while in the oilier was found^au equal number of persons duly elected,^tint without certificate, of election. To^make a quorum ^^f the foiim i bodv. i' was^necessary to Bawl the persons holding c r-^11 lieu tea, but not elictid, and to BMM a^ipiornm of the hitter, it was neccssuiy to^count the lucinlH-rs duly elected, but with^^out certificates. The former body waslalladUm iMMbaoaalagWaiotB, wfeili thelatterwas called the court house legislature.Thesennte held that the body having a^quomni of members lit tact dtilv elected,^should ho NgBfdol M the legislature of tlie^state, for the BBtpBMOfi leetiue the BMBtBt^iu congress, and t he grounds of this deci^^sion arc thus stated in the committees, re^^port, submitted by Ketiator ^'ari^iior of^Wi IBM -inThenutUir, then, cmues to this: I lie^state hou~e legislature was the legislature^in form, and the court houseiBgWotMBfWi^the legislature in fact. While these two^pnteudid hgi.latnres vieie in evisti nee.^each cluiiuiug to possess the legislative^power of the state, Spencer was eleetid to^the senate bv the court house le ishitnre,^i.ud Kvkrs was , 1,-et^^^! bv (tie st i^e house^legishiture. Spencer was first ihvted. and^on the day of his BtBOtioS tin eouit b^legislature was lecogmzed by the governor^as the legal legislature of the state. There^^fore, in determining us to the right of^Spencer or Sykes to t bis-( ,t. t|i. senate is^compelled to choos^ lietwein the body m^fact elected, organized, net mg and recog^^nized hy the executive dapaHMBBl M the^legislature, and BMbUMI BOdjTl organ^^oid in lorni. but without the elec^^tion and without a recofii'tiou ou the^pait of the executi\e of the State^at tlie time they preti ndevl to elect S^ ki s,^Win n we Consider that all the f irms [in ^^scribed by law fur caiivi^iug and certify-^^ ng an election, and for the orguui/ation of^the two houses, are designed to secure to^the iwrsons Hctunlly (lecied the iinht to act^ill the offices to which, in tact, they have|convention^been elec'ed. it would bt sacrificing the end^to the melius, were the senate to adhere to^the mere form, and thus defeat the end^which the forms were iBJteMV d to scenic.Thepersons iu the two bodies claiming to^be the sennte mid house of representatives^who voted for S|k iiccr, constituted n quo^^rum of both houses of 'he m^ inliers actually^elected; the yerson. in the fiate house leg-^ialsturo who voted foi Sykcs did not cotvstiTiikfar-reaching blizzard is hovering^over the unhappy country to the east of is^and reminds ns that Montana is the only^laud of pure delight.Ann.nil what will it profit a man to be!^elected by ii rump legislature and lose the!^seat for which he is reaching}Saki'Eusnnd Mantle will be run through^the Itickards process to-night.THEPIANODEPARTMENT^ISUnderthe Able Snper-visionof^Prof, M, H nnfcNL27MAIN STREET.HELENA,MONTANA.Nora very cold is n grip.CR0S8-CCT8.Neverkick s man when he is down. It's^a waste of eBergy. (to for the mail who is^climbing above you.^l'luladelphiu In^^quirer.Ue(after a tiff i^So you pcr-ist in break-^jug the engagementMatureI'lancee^Certainly, what do joii^take mo forHeAbout 4d. Netfer think it over: it^and repeal the statutes applicable to the niay your last chance.electionof uiemlierH of the Ix^gi*lative^Asaembly ^^Dne of two things must exist to givevalidityto Umordinaaoa, it must haveIhmmiireuted through the inherent^^OWOf Of tho people, rcserveil to them^und not delegated away, or it must he^ei acted by a convention upon, which^such unreserved and delegated BOVBM^have lioen conferred. I'pon the former^thoory we are met at the icry threshhold^with the fatal object ion that the people, in^their inherent capacity, have never been^called u|s'ii |0 act nor assumed to act^upon the question. Tho ordinance was^not contemplated at the time the mem^^bers of the convention were elected,^and it was never submitted to^the people for their ratiticution or^rejection. In no sense, then, can it be^said toenianate from the exercise of that^inherent power coeval with the exist^^ence of MBBklt)d. If the poser to create^the ordinance existed ut all. it ii by^virtue of the legislative functions of the^that made it. Topropetly^BOnpn hend the question it is necessarytinsider the condition of things atthetime of its enactment. It must be^liornc in mind that this ordinance wus^BMMtod by the convention while the^state was a territory, and actually sub^^served its BttipoM as such before our^territorial relations hud been dissolved.^It ia on aiv.'UBl ol that relation tueAts tailor'*: ^IHm't yon know of snrno^way to prevent my trousers getting out of^shape when I sit down':Yes:butWhatmust I do^Mlake them off first.^^Judge,AKentuekv gentleman ^ho recently came^|b Wa-l:ingtoii to consult with his member^nf congress about an office under the new^ndimuistratiou was nsked yisterday by a^gentleman from Hostou whether it is n ally^true that the people of Kentucky are so very^bibulous.Hibuhms^'said the Kentuckian. ^Hib-^lons! I don't reckon you could find a do/en^Hibles in the whole state.^^Washington^PastMrs.Literary^Do you believe with the^poet that reading makes a full manMis.Practical isighingi^1 don't know^that reading makes a full msn, bnt 1 riq^bmm ue. d that u dab reading room does.^^K \ i- ^ ttmgn.Mrs.Hilongh^The paper aayg there were^two men killed in Colorsdo by falling over^a bluff.Mr.Hilongh (absentlytlreat Scott! I^wonder what the ante waa.^New York Sun.Montanais a very young state as yet, but^any oue with n fairly good uoae can tell^from the odor of her politics that she is very^strong for her age.^rhiladelphia l'resa,KirstTubman l'orter^Whad's yo' evr^nervous 'bout, .lohns'n.' Second Forter^^I'se a qusrtab out. Dat'swhat l's nervous^'Ixiut. Done blacked a pah of my own boot,^hy mistake fer dat nabob's in d' fo'tb suc-^tion.^huiiaugv.IIToour Annual IntBDtoiy,JANUARY1, 1830,Wewill offer Special Inducementa to^buyers of Dry Hoods in Every Popart-^ment of ourestablishnient.Itwill not be a quest inn ^f Pr ce on^any thing, but the object ia to reduce^^tock before inventory..iss is ^ ^ b t h h1!-Fine Lots,^8 Choice (Wners,^liN'sidence Lots,^Business Sites.AcreProperty.Wecan sell you grounds in any^part ot the City Adapted to your^wants and means, for Reason^^able Prices and Easy Terms.LarqeList of Houses for Bale^and Rent.LOANSON HELENA REAL ESTATE.iTmIT11)'Tuesday,Dec, 31,1-AT-BOOMS11 am 111PittsburgBlock.T.B. Warren's New Opera House,(JoeMaten Ma| niook)MARYSVI LIE.Musicby Prof. Rossner.^SINGLE TICKETS, - $1.00.Ticket.Admitting Gentleman and La^li-^ $^^W.E.S. CLARKItnow Prepared to DeliverGOOD: DBY : WOODKto ui^ pvt of lb. ( i' j.^dOOD HIMDn AXWAY8 ni'ARANTEED.^At IL 0^ Wallncf 'a, Maio Htnet. Teli^i Hon* ISC.B. LEBKICHER,3dEloor Herald Building,ToOrder.BooluN'eatly Ruled an4 J'rmUd. Call^and See w